Indian Stocks Fall 2.5%

Dow Jones03-23

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Stocks in India fell Monday, as the BSE Sensex Index declined 2.5% to 72696.39.

Among Bombay Stock Exchange-listed companies with a market cap of at least 800 billion Indian rupees ($8.50 billion), Jindal Steel was the biggest laggard, plunging 6.9%, followed by shares of Vodafone Idea, which plunged 6.8%. Shares of Shriram Finance plunged 6.6%.

HCL Technologies was the biggest leader during the session, adding 1.8%, and Power Grid of India rose 1.4%. Infosys Ltd rounded out the top three movers, as shares climbed 0.3%.

In other parts of Asia, stock indexes were down. Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index fell 3.5%, China's Shanghai Composite Index declined 3.6% and Japan's Nikkei Stock Average fell 3.5%.

On the currency front, the WSJ Dollar Index increased 0.4% to 96.87. The dollar weakened 0.4% against the rupee to 94.08 rupees.

In the bond markets, the 10-year Indian government bond yield rose 7.8 basis points to 6.847%.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet

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March 23, 2026 06:35 ET (10:35 GMT)

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